PHP Question
Hi,
I am writing a PHP/mySQL script for my web site. It lets be add articles from a browser etc.
If I want a line break, I have to put in the BR tag. I think there is a way to put in a little code so if you just hit enter like:
some article text goes here
some article text goes here
some article text goes here
<ENTER> (you wouldn't type enter, you would hit enter, so there is a white space)
text here.
Does anybody get what I mean? 
Thanks!
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Matt Kaufman posted this at 22:09 — 2nd July 2000.
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I know they do this in message board software like vBulletin
abahta posted this at 22:28 — 2nd July 2000.
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I don't follow, explain more please.
Gem posted this at 11:57 — 3rd July 2000.
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I think he is saying that he is making a script so people can fill in a form to submit articles and he wants them to be able to submit them without having to use HTML. He wants the script to auto format the text so for example when they want to move onto a new line the just press [enter] and they don't have to type
You may not realise it but boards like UBB and VB use this so your text is displayed as you type it. You don't need to use code (except vBcode in some cases) to format simple messages.
I don't know if I have explained what he wants any better than he did already. I cannot help you, Matt, I am only a learner like you. I'm just beginning to get to grips with the basics.
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Matt Kaufman posted this at 16:55 — 3rd July 2000.
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Yeah, that is just about what I want....Maybe I can find where they do it in vBulletin or ask a developer
Chad Simper posted this at 03:43 — 4th July 2000.
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Matt,
What you are looking for is a supported feature of PHP (and one I have come to know well).
You want the nl2br() command.
What this command does is take new lines (hence the "nl") and changes them to the new line html code.
Use: $new_string = nl2br($string_to_change);
Hope that helped.
Matt Kaufman posted this at 15:43 — 4th July 2000.
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Thanks a lot!
Matt Kaufman posted this at 15:48 — 4th July 2000.
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If anybody else would like more information on this, take a look at http://www.php.net/manual/function.nl2br.php for more information...
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